Get rid of 3G services, then set by the Alcatel

 Keywords: Nortel / Alcatel / 3G
Wu Zhensheng: 3G technology maturity is too long, while Nortel's goal is to lead the development of 4G.
Stripped Nortel 3G business, quit the race 3G market . Alcatel access disk, not spend much money, more cost effective. What does it mean in the end behind the incident? 3G Out of Date?
to WiMAX as the representative of the next generation of wireless Internet market will soon start it? Nortel is not face greater risks? the future development of communication technology to what?
just turn on the highway from the airport to the North Fifth Ring, you will see are still built in China, Nortel Networks has set up headquarters building, LOGO has also been prominently placed on top. The day before yesterday, just under the aircraft's communications industry friends in Canada, pointing to the building, said: said adjustment means is: September 1, Nortel and Alcatel signed a $ 320,000,000 in non-mandatory memorandum, Nortel sold its UMTS access business to Alcatel.
fact, Recently on the communication between the acquisition and merger of companies do too much. However, this is the business being sold has been the focus of attention .
Obviously, 3G Nortel does not play, why? 3G obsolete? Nortel did not do 3G 4G, is not facing a greater risk?
3G market in the end left much? to WiMAX as the representative of the next generation of wireless Internet market will soon start it? toward the future development of communication technology What?
Nortel faced up to 4G transition
Under the agreement, Nortel intends to sell the products, including wireless network controllers, Node B and OAM solutions, Nortel's UMTS access product portfolio, 14 UMTS customers, related services and associated assets. Meanwhile, Nortel's UMTS access business employees will be transferred to Alcatel majority. but the transaction The approval of such procedures has yet to be reached, but this is usually not a barrier, the two sides planned fourth quarter 2006 completion of the transaction.
why should 3G divestiture, Nortel President and CEO Mike Zafirovski is right very clear: but in the 3G field advantage is not obvious. with a lot of manpower and material resources to maintain 3G service, also sold as taking advantage of a price to sell quickly.
now, Nortel is actively transition to 4G, ready to increasing investment in core business. Nortel's strategic focus consists of three parts mm next generation mobile communications, enterprise restructuring, as well as services and applications. Not long ago, China, Nortel president and Wu Zhensheng the beginning of his meeting with the media, said, 3G technology matures on too long, while Nortel's goal is to lead the development of 4G, and mobile video and multimedia services in the market to play a central role. According to him, Nortel has mastered the WiMAX wireless broadband technology, has spent the early entry period . core technology. More importantly, WiMAX technology has made a breakthrough 3G speed is 5 to 10 times, and is the direction to the pure IP will greatly reduce the cost of telecommunications is taking a completely different with the traditional two- kinds of routes. ) technology actually directly across the 3G, is expected in late 2007 to 2008, when a lot of fruit. This is the optimistic estimate, but in fact, whether fixed or mobile WiMAX development there are many constraints, which later will be mentioned.
even WiMAX will accomplish much in the end of next year, even if Nortel is the first to transition to the upper hand in the WiMAX field, but the current challenges facing Nortel is still great. because Nortel focus on the development the enterprise network market and services market, there are strong competitors, such as the enterprise network market, Cisco, such as service market Ericsson, Lucent and more. move out of 3G transition Nortel is still a tough campaign. But as the article at the beginning of Canadian friend who said: change may be the opportunity.
Why strengthen Alcatel 3G
Through this transaction, Alcatel UMTS will become the world's largest supplier of wireless access solutions one of the areas in UMTS and HSxPA top three.
the transaction, Alcatel worldwide 14 new UMTS customers, the number of customers served by UMTS operators will account for the total number of global quarter. Meanwhile, the existing Nortel UMTS contract, Alcatel will lead to network operators and a greatly enhanced co-operation. According to Alcatel, said the future will take full advantage of its own in the multi-standard wireless solutions and software radio (SDR) technology expertise, such as by HSxPA innovative broadband wireless access areas, and further enhance Alcatel's R & D capability in 3G areas.
Alcatel's strength in the fixed network is very strong, with fixed phase than, weaker than some of the mobile space. But things are different now, with the merger of Alcatel-Lucent in the CDMA market strength has been greatly strengthened, and now through the acquisition of Nortel's UMTS, the WCDMA business has been greatly enhanced, see to, Alcatel is ready to go all 3G, some of the.
3G also worth Nuggets?
3G market, one to exit, one to strengthen it in the end is how going on? 3G market is still How much development opportunities?
telecommunications industry analyst with consulting firm BDA China Ltd., said in an interview Fang Meiqin, 3G also depends on how much of the market situation of different countries and different markets. The current 3G market has been in shape, large in Europe and America carriers had already deployed 3G services, 3G market is around the rest of the Asia-Pacific region. And in this market, Huawei, ZTE and vigorously expand, leaving Nortel, how many do? Therefore, only 3G market from the exit point of view, a sensible move Nortel. And on the other hand, firms in the Asia Pacific and other 3G licenses will soon open the market if there are advantages, of course, it is worth to develop, the market space is still large, which and manufacturers have their own position and relationship advantages.
Indeed, Alcatel to develop 3G is the truth. in the Asia Pacific market, Alcatel has the advantage of other manufacturers do not have, after all, the use of Alcatel Shanghai Bell joint venture, Al Carter has a localization feature of the Chinese market. Meanwhile, logistics, R & D center in Shanghai on business development throughout the Asia Pacific region has a significant driving force. As Alcatel himself said: mature rapidly developing China and other key areas, all at the same time has a unique advantage. no advantage to quit, this is the enterprise survival and development of the Road, are reasonable. but 3G market in the end there be? and our imagination and expectations so large? 3G services for operators on how much ?
Previously, BDA said Duncan, general manager of consulting firms, according to their investigation, the British equivalent to China's PHS 3G. Europeans believe, 3G is the 2G service providers are basically oriented to more than 85% is still the voice of business, 15% of the data messaging business, there are half of the real data services will account for 5% ~ 7% .3 G operators in order to compete for customers , can only provide cheaper than the existing 2G voice tariff Caixing. Fang Meiqin said the current 3G operators, voice service is still the main source of income, this situation will last 3 to 5 years, but the future, if you want to provide more data services, 3G networks will face the upgrade. She believes that, at present, some operators will consider the Asia-Pacific region directly on the 4G, skip the 3G. The operators have deployed 3G is also actively thinking about the future direction. As the United States, Sprint Nextel announced its 4G plans, test mobile WiMAX technology.
this point of view, people have been looking forward to the 3G market because of the impact of WiMAX technology, more or less contracted. This is of course also need to market inspection, but, WiMAX technology has begun to show on the 3G came out.
WiMAX useful but not yet ripe for targeting
Nortel WiMAX technology, Sprint Nextel WiMAX technology development, it seems that WiMAX technology is the future direction of development of communication? Li, Peking University Institute of e-government has been engaged in l and mobile wireless Internet information research, he believes that the integration of communications and computing in the background, the wireless communication terminal is no longer simply limited to the phone, while the proportion of voice also declining. In VoIP, the impact of new technology, telecom operators need to find new profit sources to find the right wireless broadband access, is a lot of telecom operators worldwide strategic planning the future of the core issues. which Mobile WiMAX technology is currently the most popular candidate. At present there are already some countries, the Government will WiMAX as a means of promoting local economic development. has announced the beginning or from the current implementation of the plan area of ​​South Korea is the most active, followed by the United States, France , India, Turkey, Russia, China Taiwan Province and other regions, WiMAX technology for the wired network resources, especially in areas not fully apply.
Wuzhen Sheng, president of Greater China, Nortel and consulting firm BDA Fang Meiqin all hold the same view, WiMAX 802.16D The cover has a strong advantage in rural areas, covering a wide range, but the cost is very low, so the remote areas in China, or Australia, Canada, this sparsely populated place, a great market. and 802.16E Technology within the city limits to achieve good coverage and high bandwidth requirements, the technology has actually directly across the 3G.
from the user point of view, the current carriers in transition to an integrated information service provider, for industry applications are the focus of operators. However, many industrial applications but can not meet the 3G. Ming-liter that users need to transfer more and more multimedia content, and many industrial applications is large bandwidth consumption. For example, in order to improve the social order level, many cities are in the pipeline of the bus in the city to implement real-time video monitoring system, and the current and future 3G mobile network networks, upstream bandwidth, concurrent users, etc. have certain deficiencies. In contrast, WiMAX 'd meet this demand, especially with WiMAX and Wi-Fi, can form low-cost, high bandwidth, high compatibility of the municipal wireless broadband network. a lot of industrial users of wireless broadband applications to mobile terminals is not really, but most range of movement is in the city which is very suitable for the positioning of WiMAX.
Despite the strong hopes WiMAX technology, but take some time before the maturity of WiMAX, which business models mature, the end product of maturity and the maturity of the network environment has a relationship. Li l think, Mobile Wimax development from non-technical level, the main problem is that local governments and the consequent positioning of their frequency control issues. The other is the traditional communications equipment operators and manufacturers with the problem, because for the 3G invest a huge number of operators, they need to consider how to protect existing investments. Fang Meiqin that, WiMAX can not be global roaming, mobile devices, and not without good business model, is the three factors restricting the development of WiMAX.
However, as WiMAX technology continues to progress and the continuous development of WiMAX market, the industry remains optimistic on the prospects for WiMAX.
Actually, no matter 3G, or 4G, to meet the needs of users, promote the development of communication industry, this some kind of communications technology has the vitality of the party. In any case, exit the 3G market, Nortel concerned, the construction of the development of 3G and future development trend of communications technology has a great impact.